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It's hard out there for Broadway understudies -- they have to learn extra lines, attend extra rehearsals and deal with the grumbling of disappointed audiences. And the pressure is even greater for those who find themselves understudying Tony-nominated actors.

Twenty eight thousand veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are enrolled with the VA Medical Center in La Jolla. So a ruling from the state's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week gives us pause here in San Diego.

Each New Year's, Christmas and birthday seems to come round faster every year. But why is it that we feel time goes by faster as we get older? Scientists dissect one of life's intriguing mysteries.

Trinity High School in Euless, Texas, has the nation's top-ranked football team. Many credit the squad's success to the town's large Tongan population — and the large players it produces. The team is at the core of two communities that believe in football and family.

The spill spread out of control and drifted inexorably toward the Gulf Coast as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread floating barriers around marshes. The spill was bigger than imagined — five times more than first estimated — and getting closer to shore.

Gretchen Peters, author of Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda,, argues that going after the poppy problem in Afghanistan has to be a fundamental part of the war effort. And that for a strategy to succeed, she says, it has to be broad in scope.

This weekend I lived on the streets. I lived outside the San Diego winter homeless shelter and I ate, slept, cried, peed, learned, laughed, panhandled and listened to the street all weekend long.

One of the world's premiere orchestras plays San Diego this weekend. We'll talk about the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the RC 44 Sailing Regatta taking place on San Diego Bay this weekend.

Obesity may be America's number one health problem. Yet doctors who specialize in weight management say most physicians know very little about treating obesity, especially now that treatments have become more sophisticated.

The past decade has been the most intense period of hurricane activity since the medieval ages. The new study, using data from the earth and oceans, found that conditions were ideal for hurricanes about 1,000 years ago.